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Australia needs to ramp up decarbonisation efforts: BloombergNEF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... progress, with emissions falling 3.2% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025. Also in the second half of 2025, investment in solar and wind declined 7% year-on-year, with around 8.7 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale of these clean energy projects under ...

Productivity Commission pushing for a circular economy

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... use," Roberts said. The report recommended the government progress a national product stewardship scheme for small-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and to look into a similar scheme for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The paper also suggested the ...

Investments for solar, wind projects 'sporadic' in 2025: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... BloombergNEF's (BNEF) Australia: 10 Things to Watch in 2026 report, approximately $7 billion was invested in utility-scale solar and wind last year, with the second half of the year seeing a six-fold increase in investment compared to the first half. ...

More funding needed to modernise renewable energy infrastructure

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
As institutional investors continue to back the development of new solar farms and wind turbines, a critical avenue of decarbonisation is left sorely neglected, with Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) encouraging investors to shift their focus ...

Australia to withstand fossil fuel sector decline: IMF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... driving significant growth in their use in the wave of electrification, the IMF said, with the global share of renewables (solar and wind) in total electricity generation increasing from 1.78% to 15% during 2010-24.

Supercharging investment in the green transition: Australia's year in review

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... Home Batteries program. Under the Home Energy Upgrades Fund 6000 energy upgrades were made to homes ranging from rooftop solar and batteries to hot water heat pumps and double glazed windows. Similarly, through the Social Housing Energy Performance Initiative ...

CEFC backs South Australian wind farm

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... 57 gigawatts by 2050. Therefore, the expansion is part of a larger transformation that will see total grid scale wind and solar rise exponentially, supported by significant transmission investment and firming capacity, CEFC said. The project advances ...

Renewables are cheapest: CSIRO GenCost report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... Electricity Model (SEM) tool, to make electricity system modelling more accessible. Findings have continued to indicate that solar PV and onshore wind form the basis for the least cost electricity generation mix in Australia. The report also identified ...

CEF calls out Whitehaven Coal over rising emissions

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... forward electrification of haulage and mobile equipment before 2030 to displace high-emissions diesel use; expanding onsite solar generation and battery storage across its portfolio; and limiting the extent and duration of any expansion of Blackwater ...

Australia, NZ strengthen partnership for healthy, green economy

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... focused on providing cheaper, cleaner energy for households and businesses, also increased trade in low-emissions goods, solar and battery industries and electric vehicle infrastructure. In a joint statement, both nations agreed to coordinate economic ...